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Offline irork

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Small pond or green field?? NE Whitetail/Muley
« on: August 31, 2015, 10:56:54 PM »
Headed over to the northeast corner to hunt a large property for 5 days. Old man (property owner) says he's been seeing some nice bucks regularly. The plot of land has some nice elevation change with basalt ledges and shelfs, nice open timber, and a really long a narrow (150 yards wide, 1/4 mile long) green pasture up the center of the property, and a pond thats about 75 yards in diameter. The pond has water about 4 feet deep.

my question is... what do you all see as more valuable to the bucks right now. Water, or grazing grasses? tree stand opportunities for either option, and a large double bull ground blind set up on the pond already. My gut feel says to set up on the water source on the established double bull blind.


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Re: Small pond or green field?? NE Whitetail/Muley
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2015, 11:12:16 PM »
with these kind of structures,I expect nothing less than a 5 point. min 140 gross.
  But thats just me. travel points between,timber for bedding..no brainer
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Re: Small pond or green field?? NE Whitetail/Muley
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2015, 11:19:17 PM »


This is the water source in question.

CoolTimber, I'll do my best. Thats definitely the goal

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Re: Small pond or green field?? NE Whitetail/Muley
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2015, 09:33:59 PM »
a spot between water and feed?

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Re: Small pond or green field?? NE Whitetail/Muley
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2015, 09:47:26 PM »
 wind in your face,bench's in the timber,move slowly,listen.Glass-glass-glass.there will be a pattern just have to see it. have fun thats the main thing.
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